she was taken to el shifa hospital in gaza, but it was too crowded and they couldn't give her the best care, so the family asked israel for permission to cross the border. initially, her mother was terrified. terrified at the prospect of people considered an enemy in their country putting their hands on her wounded daughter. >> translator: it's a strange situation, and it's my first time entering israel. i was afraid. but they treated me and my daughter in a very nice way, and i understand that medicine has nothing to do with politics. >> all the tension is blocked outside the hospital. here there is an island of sanity in the middle east. here we treat people who don't actually look where they are and what they do and what they did before coming here and what they're going to do after leaving us. >> reporter: dr. yafeh is treating both children. >> it will never be normal. it will affect her life from now on and his life from now on, and choice of profession and choice of hobbies and choice of a future partner for life. everything. >> reporter: she has worked in this tel aviv hospital